diff --git a/devel/msgpack-c/Makefile b/devel/msgpack-c/Makefile
index ca612c6504ad..f9420a360079 100644
--- a/devel/msgpack-c/Makefile
+++ b/devel/msgpack-c/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	msgpack
-PORTVERSION=	6.0.2
+PORTVERSION=	6.1.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	c-
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-c
 
 MAINTAINER=	adamw@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Efficient binary serialization, like JSON but smaller and faster
 WWW=		https://msgpack.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE_1_0.txt
 
-TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest
+TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest \
+		libcjson>0:devel/libcjson
 
 USES=		cmake pathfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_PROJECT=	msgpack-c
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	MSGPACK_BUILD_EXAMPLES MSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 pre-test:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${CMAKE_BIN} . && ${MAKE_CMD}
 
 # msgpack keeps changing its name and I'm over it. Link from the old filenames
 # until upstream makes up its mind.
 post-install:
 	${LN} -sf msgpack-c.pc ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig/msgpack.pc
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake/msgpackc
 .for tgt in config-version config targets-${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:tl} targets
 	${LN} -sf ../msgpack-c/msgpack-c-${tgt}.cmake \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake/msgpackc/msgpackc-${tgt}.cmake
 .endfor
 .for ext in a so so.2 so.2.0.0
 	${LN} -sf libmsgpack-c.${ext} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libmsgpackc.${ext}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/devel/msgpack-c/distinfo b/devel/msgpack-c/distinfo
index 3f93fc16cd91..d373df497fb8 100644
--- a/devel/msgpack-c/distinfo
+++ b/devel/msgpack-c/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1719246558
-SHA256 (msgpack-msgpack-c-c-6.0.2_GH0.tar.gz) = f5b031d7b2f6639936826baeea4d3080e7db5db76838c7230089ec3d1f97e6a2
-SIZE (msgpack-msgpack-c-c-6.0.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 75295
+TIMESTAMP = 1723919380
+SHA256 (msgpack-msgpack-c-c-6.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = c23c4070dbe01f46044bf70c5349f29453d655935b6dc710714c008bca0825a7
+SIZE (msgpack-msgpack-c-c-6.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 76306